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NATURALIST'S BIG BEND
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TREES AND SHRUBS, WILDFLOWERS, CACTI, MAMMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, FISH AND INSECTS |
| By: |
Roland H. Wauer, Carl M. Fleming, Carl M. Fleming |
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Hardback |
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£29.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1585441554 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781585441556 |
| Publisher: |
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 November, 2001 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series No. 33 |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
This comprehensive field guide to Big Bend National Park in Texas recounts the area's archaeology and history, describes the characteristics and habitats of Big Bend's variety of plants and animals, and outlines walking and driving tours of the most likely spots for sighting these natural wonders. |
| Synopsis: |
In southwest Texas, where the Rio Grande arcs southward into Mexico, lies Big Bend National Park - 708,221 acres of river floodplain, desert, grasslands, and majestic mountains. The wealth of the Big Bend is in its dramatic landscape, which provides natural habitats ranging from desert to alpine, and its consequently impressive variety of flora and fauna. Naturalist's Big Bend highlights the distinctive plants and animals of the region, such as the century plant, which grows twenty-five to fifty-five years, blooms magnificently, then dies; candelilla, from which wax is made; the giant dagger yucca; the javelina, North America's only native pig; the rare Texas lyre snake; the tarantula; and the Big Bend quonker katydid. This comprehensive field guide, revised and completely updated in a new edition, recounts the area's archaeology and history, describes the characteristics and habitats of Big Bend's remarkable variety of plants and animals, and outlines walking and driving tours of the most likely spots for sighting these natural wonders. |
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15 colour & 28 b&w photographs, line illustrations, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Texas A & M University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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